Major Transitions in Evolution

[01] Macroevolution and major transitions [02] Paleontology and geologic time [03] Single, celled life: prokaryotes to eukaryotes [04] Metazoans: the earliest multicellular animals [05] Development of skeletons [06] Rise of vertebrates [07] Colonization of the land [08] Origins of insects and of powered flight [09] Seed plants and the first forests [10] From fish to 4-limbed animals [11] Egg came first: early reptile evolution [12] Origins and successes of the dinosaurs. [13] Marine and flying reptiles [14] Birds: the dinosaurs among us [15] The first flowers and pollinator coevolution [16] Egg to placenta: early mammal evolution [17] From land to sea: the evolution of whales [18] Moving on up: the first primates [19] Apes: swinging down from the trees [20] From 4 legs to 2: the hominin radiation [21] First humans: toolmakers and hunter, gatherers [22] From homo to sapiens: talking and thinking [23] Our accelerating evolution [24] Reflections on major transitions